For vector processing, IBM XL C/C++ for Linux V13.1 supports a new POWER8 built-in function vec_bperm. The vec_bperm can g ather up to 16-bit values from a quadword in the specified order and it operates on vectors as 128-bit unsigned integers. The vec_bperm...

IBM XL C/C++ for AIX, V13.1 supports a vector population count procedure vec_popcnt. This built-in function computes the population count (number of set bits) in each element of their input. This function is valid only when the -qarch option is set to target...

PM65722: OVERLAY OR VARIOUS ABENDS WHEN USING THE VARCHAR BUILT-IN FUNCTION WITH DECIMAL INPUT http://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?crawler=1&uid=swg1PM65722 Without this APAR installed all DB2 9 and DB2 10 for z/OS users of the built-in...